Simple fantasies for simple minds, no different than lazy racism or any other form of bigotry.

Your mind immediately equating good old schadenfreude with lazy racism is indeed telling, but I'll refrain from saying anything, Americans have never been excellent at either context or nuance.

Sounds like you did.

In any case, schadenfreude typically falls into one of three categories: justice, rivalry or aggression. The OP sounds like they are experiencing the justice aspect- that these people who contribute so little are now enduring hardship.

The problem is that "these people" is just another lazy stereotype- it is just another form of aggression; equating everyone who is hurt here as "easy jobs that can easily be replaced" is not unlike assuming everyone living in a ghetto neighborhood is a thug.

The effects and scope of harm of the stereotype may be different, but both come from the same mental state of mind- these people are other, they don't live like I think they should, and they get what they deserve, despite the fact that the "they" in the sentiment is not representative of the people harmed by it.

When everyone around you looks like an asshole, you might be the asshole.

I am, indeed, an absolute asshole. But then again, my post only said something about finding it funny, not that I'm not an asshole. Nor does it preclude people participating in the clown show from being clowns.

And frankly I agree.

You guys kept telling us for years you are smarter than the rest of us and disruption is great. And now you want my money.

So suck it up, leave SV, get a job somewhere else. If you are so damn smart, it should be easy.

Frankly, it's way too late for all you bros to lecture us about nuance. Or anything else.

Kindly leave, this place is not for you.

We enjoy watching people face the consequences of their actions. We absolutely hate it when they manage to avoid the consequences.